Junior Shawn Nagel picked up his first pin of the season on Friday night.

Photo Courtesy Scott Bruhn/Nebraska Communications

Courtesy: NU Athletic Communications

01/11/2013

Ann Arbor, Mich. - Junior Shawn Nagel (133) turned
the tide of a back-and-forth dual with his first pin of the season as the No.
17 Nebraska wrestling team defeated No. 11 Michigan, 20-19, on Friday night at
Cliff Keen Arena.

The Huskers
picked up their first Big Ten dual victory of the season after an 0-2 start
with the win over the Wolverines. Nebraska improves to 7-3 in 2012-13 and
Michigan falls to 6-2 and 0-1 in Big Ten duals.

No. 7 James
Green (157) made his first appearance for the Huskers since an injury on Dec. 1
in the opening match of the night. The sophomore won an 8-3 decision over
Michigan's Collin Zeerip, earning his 13th victory of the season. Green
improves to 6-0 in duals.

The
Wolverines responded at 165 pounds as No. 13 Taylor Massa pinned NU's Austin
Wilson in 0:45. Nebraska bounced back at 174 with No. 4 Robert Kokesh's 9-3
decision over No. 11 Dan Yates. The victory marked Kokesh's 18th
consecutive as he improved to 23-1 on the season and 9-1 in duals.

Senior Josh
Ihnen (184) kept the Nebraska momentum going with his technical fall over Chris
Heald, 18-3. Ihnen's 16th win of the season gave the Huskers an 11-6
lead.

Michigan
won the next three matches, however, to take a 16-11 lead. At 197 pounds, No.
18 Max Huntley of Michigan won a 3-1 decision over Caleb Kolb. Sophomore
Spencer Johnson (HWT) made his first appearance of the season but lost an 8-3
decision to No. 19 Ben Apland. Freshman Eric Coufal fell by a 15-7 major
decision to the Wolverines' Sean Boyle at 125 pounds.

Trailing
16-11, Nebraska's Nagel delivered by pinning Michigan's Rossi Bruno at 133
pounds in 2:14. The pin marked Nagel's first of the season and 11th
of his career as he gave the Huskers a 17-16 lead. The junior improves to 11-9
on the season and 5-5 in duals.

Senior
Ridge Kiley (141) extended Nebraska's lead to 20-16 with his 4-3 decision over
No. 18 Camryn Jackson of Michigan. Kiley picked up his 10th win of
the season and improved to 5-2 in dual competition.

At 149
pounds, sophomore Jake Sueflohn fell by a 3-2 decision to No. 12 Eric Grajales.
Sueflohn, who is ranked eighth in the InterMat poll, falls to 14-3 on the
season and 5-2 in duals.

The Huskers
will battle No. 18 Northwestern on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Evanston, Ill. The
match will be available on Big Ten Digital Network.